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December 6, 1969

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I-THE ISLAND OF THE CROFTER AND THE LAIRD

PROFILE of Colonsay, a small island in the Atlantic, 25 miles west of the Scottish mainland. It is one of the Hebrides, in the islands of Argyll. More than…

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